Rulings (31)
  • Diesel SpA t/a Diesel

    • Upheld in part
    • Website (paid ad)
    • 11 June 2025

    A paid-for ad featuring Katie Price was irresponsible and likely to cause serious offence by objectifying and sexualising women.

  • UAB Convenity t/a Huusk

    • Upheld
    • 28 May 2025

    A TV ad for Huusk Knives was irresponsibly scheduled. 

  • air up GmbH

    • Upheld
    • Social media (paid ad)
    • 28 May 2025

    A paid-for TikTok ad was irresponsible and likely to cause serious or widespread offense.

  • GreenPixel Ltd t/a Hotel Merge Empire

    • Upheld
    • Game (mobile/app)
    • 21 May 2025

    An in-game ad was likely to cause serious or widespread offence, including by condoning domestic violence.

  • Cloud Whale Interactive Technology

    • Upheld
    • In-game (apps)
    • 07 May 2025

    An in-game ad was socially irresponsible, likely to cause serious or widespread offence and was irresponsibly targeted

  • Whaleco UK Ltd t/a Temu

    • Upheld
    • In-game (apps)
    • 07 May 2025

    An in-game ad was likely to cause serious or widespread offence.

  • Pressplay Ltd

    • Upheld
    • Press other (paid ad)
    • 16 April 2025

    A press ad for anti-glare driving glasses misleadingly implied they could prevent glare while driving and could make driving safer.

  • Barclays Bank plc

    • Not upheld
    • Magazine (paid ad)
    • 09 April 2025

    A magazine ad was unlikely to give a misleading impression of Barclay’s overall contribution to carbon dioxide and greenhouse gas emissions.

  • Belle Baby Ltd

    • Upheld
    • Website (own site)
    • 09 April 2025

    A website, which featured a product listing for a swimsuit, included an image of a child portrayed in a sexual way.

  • Hutchison 3G UK Ltd t/a Three Mobile

    • Not upheld
    • National newspaper (paid ad), Social media (paid ad), Internet (website content)
    • 02 April 2025

    A national press ad, two paid-for Meta ads and a website for Three Mobile didn’t make misleading ‘best value’ claims.

  • High Seat Ltd t/a HSL

    • Upheld
    • Email, Website (own site), Leaflet
    • 12 February 2025

    A website, two emails and a leaflet didn’t make the limitations for guaranteed Christmas delivery clear.

  • Luxury Lodge Estates Company Ltd t/a Luxury Lodges

    • Upheld
    • Magazine (paid ad)
    • 12 February 2025

    A magazine ad didn’t make clear that the value of investments was variable, and that examples of past performance weren’t necessarily a guide to the future. It also failed to make the nature of a guarantee clear and didn’t include non-optional fees.

  • Next Retail Ltd t/a NEXT

    • Upheld
    • Website (own site)
    • 12 February 2025

    A product listing on the NEXT website irresponsibly portrayed a model as being unhealthily thin.

  • Wahed Invest Ltd

    • Upheld
    • Poster
    • 08 January 2025

    Six posters which appeared on the TfL network caused serious offence by featuring images of burning US dollar and Euro banknotes.

  • Jaded London Ltd

    • Upheld
    • Social media (own site)
    • 11 December 2024

    An Instagram post was socially irresponsible and caused serious offense by featuring a harmful stereotype by objectifying and sexualising women.

  • get_0ut_0f_debt Ltd

    • Upheld
    • Social media (own site)
    • 11 December 2024

    A video on the get_0ut_0f_debt TikTok account was irresponsible and caused serious offense and unjustified distress.

  • ACME Vape Ltd

    • Upheld in part
    • Social media (own site), Cinema (ad)
    • 04 December 2024

    A cinema ad and post seen on IVG Vape’s LinkedIn page made unsubstantiated health claims and promoted unlicensed nicotine-containing vapes in unpermitted media but wasn’t directed at people under 18 through the selection of media in which it appeared.

  • Churchill Retirement Living Ltd

    • Upheld
    • National newspaper (paid ad)
    • 04 December 2024

    A national newspaper ad failed to include the significant conditions of a promotion, including a closing date.

  • Samsung Electronics (UK) Ltd

    • Upheld
    • Internet (website content)
    • 27 November 2024

    A website promotion misleadingly described a promotional item as “free”, did not make clear promotional items would have to be purchased upfront before being redeemed via a cashback mechanism and omitted significant conditions.

  • Fern Brady

    • Upheld
    • Website (paid ad)
    • 20 November 2024

    A paid-for ad for the comedian Fern Brady, seen on the Sky News website, was likely to cause serious offence to some within the Christian faith.

Informally resolved (1)
  • Kentucky Fried Chicken (Great Britain) Ltd t/a KFC

    • 24 July 2024
    • Number of complaints: 0

    Topic: Food, drink and supplements